Well, maybe we're (almost) all pragmatists. I have pretty libertarian impulses. I'm pretty pleased to see a lot of pointless (or point-light) regulations get k

Well, maybe we're (almost) all pragmatists. I have pretty libertarian impulses. I'm pretty pleased to see a lot of pointless (or point-light) regulations get kicked to the curb, although I certainly wish the circumstances weren't necessary. I also hate immigration restrictions of all sorts. But... okay, right now, travel restrictions make some sense. I'll take it (and then fight to undo them in 12 months). It turns out, some of the things I really really care about, my preferences would do harm in a pandemic. Maybe that's true outside of a pandemic, too -- but it's a lot easier to recognize when the magnitude of the effect is large! I think at the end of the day, that's part of what's driving all this pragmatism: the effect size of "getting policy right" is suddenly much larger than it usually is. Life is no longer close to being a zero-sum game, and everybody can see it. That's what "we're all in this together" means, and people are acting like they believe it.